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school to the permanent value of education and the independent 

 evolution of the Soul. There are chapters dealing with Personal 

 Identity, the Relation of the Soul to the Self, the Unity of the 

 Soul in spite of the marvellous phenomena of multiple person- 

 ality, and a very interesting discussion on the possible permanency 

 of sex, even in the more spiritual stages of the Soul's future 

 development. The book concludes with some philosophical 

 disquisitions on the nature and method of creation, and the place 

 of the Soul in, and in relation to, the Universe of which it forms 

 part. The author, regarding evolution as a process whose oper- 

 ation extends both to body and mind, repeatedly turns to the 

 facts of physical evolution for hints towards elucidating the 

 obscure course of mental evolution. 



THE DAYS OF ALKIBIADES. 



By C. E. ROBINSON, M.A. 

 With a foreword by Professor C. W. OMAN, Oxford University. 



With 1 6 full-page Illustrations from the Author's Sketches. 

 One Volume. Crown 8vo. 55. net. 



This book gives a series of sketches, in narrative form, illus- 

 trating the life of an Athenian citizen during the Peloponnesian 

 War. Nearly all the incidents of both public and private life 

 are covered. Besides witnessing a wedding, a funeral, a dinner- 

 party, and the usual scenes of domestic life in town and country, 

 the reader is introduced to a " Parliament " on the Pnyx, a 

 dramatic festival in the Theatre, a trial in the Law Courts ; he 

 may visit a Gymnasium with Sokrates, journey with a pilgrim 

 to Delphi, make the Mystery March to Eleusis, witness a 

 sea-fight with Phormio, and take a hand in the Battle of Delion. 

 A sojourn at Sparta, a celebration of the Olympic Games, and a 

 scene at the Port of Athens, complete the picture. 



The thread of the story is woven upon a more or less historical 

 foundation ; but the main purpose of the book is rather to give an 

 insight into Athenian manners and customs, and to introduce 

 among the characters types of every sort the conservative 

 farmer, the smart young aristocrat, the rich merchant, the 

 Spartan, the slave and the philosopher. Local colour is imparted 

 not merely by detail gathered from the Classics and archaeological 

 research, but also by descriptions taken from Greek scenery as it 

 is to-day. 



In short, the book is intended to give to general readers and to 

 all who are interested in Greece and its history a clear and vivid 

 picture of Hellenic life and culture in the Great Age of Pericles. 



